 the world on which we live oerth is the home of the flanaess among other lands geography geography geography oerth is home to as best as today today's sages are aware one major continent three minor continents and countless numbers of islands of this area only the flanaess itself is well known though tales of occasional expeditions to other lands have been recorded land masses of oerth continents oerik the flanaess hyborea fireland southern land mass polaria not technically a land mass major islands hepmonaland some consider hepmonaland as a fourth minor continent; its size places it on the border between the two though technically all one vast body of water oerth is usually considered as possessing four oceans as well two of these bordering the flanaess are well known to many with a third seen only by a half-dozen explorers and the fourth so dangerous that it is known only through the divinations of sages and the consultations of priests of procan in addition there are a number of lesser bodies in and around the flanaess; seas lakes and the like bodies of water oceans solnor ocean dramidj ocean sea of thunder sea of storms seas azure sea oljatt sea aerdi sea sea of gearnat densac gulf icy sea bays jeklea bay woolly bay relmor bay grendep bay white fanged bay lakes nyr dyv lake quag whyestil lake lake udrukankar udrukankarmeasurement and cartography measurement and cartography measurement and cartography for purposes of navigation both on land and on sea the surface of oerth is commonly divided into lines of latitude and longitude this is based on a system founded centuries ago by the great kingdom 's royal guild of navigators which lasted a full century and a half before it succumbed to the turmoil between crowns thus rauxes marks the point of zero degrees longitude through the use of mathematics astrology and wizardry these sages were also able to determine with great accuracy the city city's position relative to the equator finding that it also happened to lie quite near to 30 degrees north latitude; a small blue obelisk was erected by the royal guild marking the precise point of 30' n 0' e and though the once-great city has fallen into corruption in recent times this system has been kept to honor the great achievements in the realm of navigation and exploration achieved by the forerunner forerunner's of today today's aerdy while determining latitude can be fairly easily accomplished from stellar observation determining longitude is trickier requiring an accurate way of keeping time the sundial is the most common method with the most complicated types able to tell not merely time of day but also the month and day of the year the season holidays and other such things this is accomplished due to the sun circling oerth not straight but at a tilt causing it to appear to follow a slightly more complicated curved path in the sky rather than a simple one; an effect that has been known ever since the days of the suel imperium there do exist more elaborate methods of such; water clocks complicated mechanical items powered by pendulums or wound springs even elaborate magical devices created by some wizards however the sundial is by far the most widespread and with the use of a simple spell to allow its use even during cloudy days the most reliable of course sundials are slightly less useful on ships as they are required to be aligned with north to accurately determine time thus at sea of slightly more use are priests of those gods concerned with time or related matters; istus cyndor lendor with their ability to know the precise time not just at their present location but given an accurate map at any location on oerth they are an invaluable aid to naval exploration and navigation astronomy astronomy astronomy oerth is circled by three major bodies the first of these is the sun refered to by some more learned people as sol or liga from the oeridian and flannae respectively and completes a circuit around oerth from east to west once every 364 days second and third are the two moons of oerth the larger of the two luna circles the oerth once every 28 days while the smaller celene also known as the handmaiden circles it once every 91 days there are also a number of lesser worlds which can be observed moving along the backdrop of the night sky wanderers radde gesta selestia the spectre these seven bodies and their position within the twelve lairs of the zodiac are said to divine events upon oerth with the greatest portents coming about when both luna and celene are full or new and the other wanderers are found in positions of power 